Woven body for decorative articles and the like



s. FEILER sept. 1, 1931.1\

MM w., mr... JW 5 V1 I, rw ff '-1 annua Original Filed Aug. 22, 1928WOVEN BODY FOR DECORATIVE ARTICLES AND THE LIKE muli-I llllll f cumulmi.

"` `30 Figyl is afront view Vofpartiofthe body '-35 Fig'. 2 is asimilargviewof,tliesamashow- Patented Sept. 1, 1931 A`wovnuiaoyn'srronlotfoonirrivn ,derrotas :ma Lrxnf f original appucationmea august 2a iazegseriai No. 301,273. y ratei; No. inisesydatearetina-ry 4, 19ao.-

v Divided and this application :filed December 26, 1929, "SeriaLNm416,423.

This invention relates to woven bodies for various types of articlessuclrias-articles of furniture,f'decorative articles andfthe like,

l and relates further to such articles as may 'i be. made l'argelyf'ofystrung'beads paitlyfor the Ypurpose OfprOducing: Variegated light'andcolor effects, this application'being a division of my co-pen'dingAapplication for decorative articles, Serial No. 301,273, filed August22nd, 1928. Q

My invention contemplates tlieinterweavlng of strung beads to producealllor any part of the bodies ofA various types 'of larticles such as,for,instance,.lamps, vases,` chandelieracliandelier globes, pocketbooks, jewelry boxes, furniture, baby.t carriages and similar articles,wherein wovenreed. orcane might have previously been used. Said beadsare strung in advance on theV Stringing 250 therefor, andV may be; madeof glass, steel,

bakelite or any other suitable material capable ofproducing the desiredlight.V and shade and variegated color edects hereinafter mentioned, thebody so 'woven Lbeing substan' tially self-sustainingj against shocksand distortion. i

f i The various objects of my invention will `be clear from thedescription which follows, and .from the `drawings,in which- Aof anarticle,iillustratinghowmy invention yis appliedl to the weavingofsaidarticlathe A spacing between the weftand warp'imembers `.being@Xegserated rforjtheSakeofielaftys ing a modijiedformofthe weave.

v vFig'. 3 isa similar view of he same, show; :ing how strung` beads mayybe employedfor' the warp.members-ofthe woven b'ody.gf

40 .l Figisfla similar view ofthevsamdshow# Fig. 5 isa partial` vrt'ical section andv front view: of partfof "a 'string'of beads, andFig. 6 is a side view of part ofthe body '45 of "an 'article made in'accordancefwith my fin'vention', showing the 4shaped'"warp members; Y l"Infthat practical embodiment n of 'my iinventionwhich.I-have'illustratedv` by way of example, suitable beads `as 510 arestrung 1n weft; members of thebody. ,l

advance iupon the wire orstringll. vSaid beadsylO, maybe of'any,suitable and preferablygtranslucent or transparent colored or colorlessmaterial, such as coral, amber, glass, or the like, bakelite *orV othersimilar lC Olor.- able and transluceutmaterial, or.` the lbeads maybemade ofpolished steel or yother suitable strong and partlyj orcompletely opaque material. Thesurfaces of the kbeads maybe cutitoprovidefacetsas is Wellk known inthe arttomake said; beads sparkling orirrid'escentand to cause tliemtoj reflect light., i The stringfll.isvmadeY of, material having suffi,- .cientstensile strength .to resistbreakage, such K as for instance,-wire, guter other suitable material;ff f j .Referring :now to Fig'. l, I have there shown ya serieslof,comparatively rigid4 warp ,members 12 which serve as Athe, foundation`forlthe woven body.v YSaid members l2 are l made of any suitablematerial, such as wire,

shaped in advance to thedesiredy form, and

therewith,l Said `strings are suflicientlyjllex Aibleto f allow g themAto -beA easily 1 handled and woven over and -underj'the variousJ warpmei ibers 12,to formjwhat I would termtlie ,l It'j will be? understood1thatthe spacing in Vthe iigurebetweenfthe strings ofjbeads has v. beenexaggerated somewhat yand that even though .the weftl members are wovenas closely,` as; possible across -Y the warp; members,

. ,smallY openings are-left nevertheless throughout thebody. Saidopenings. have; been utilized tfor 1. various purposes suchl as forventilation, vand-ft also for obtaining certain colori` effects ,whenilluminated means is F- placedgbehind the bodyorotherwise inproximity-thereto. Y f;

f -It. willtbeunderstood .that any type. of weave,l or ,braid mayfbe iused ,in the.V forma- `Ation,. oi:' mynew` wovenV body, and, thatmtlieV`weave illustrated-innFig. merely one; exy-lampleathereoff,-lgwu ,l 1 l,1., Y

' My inventionfmay alsobe applied to many i Vo therEL-types,of weaveswhich are well "known n @intheart of caning, andiV need Vlnot thereforerxreed, Wood dowels orrthelike, and may be be described in detail. Ihave shown, however, other such forms of weaves in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 toindicate that the strung beads are well adapted to be so woven astopproduce any desired design in a manner well known to those (skilledin thef caning art, and which, in View of the above, will'inow beobvious.

As illustrated in Fig. 2, I have shown a weave producing a diagonaldesign" wherein the weft members are woven over three of the warpmembers and under the next three A of the warp/'members alternately.; js

As shown in Fig. 3,1 may substitute the.V strung bead members 16 for thecompara-y may be applied to the `body thus woven, as Y will be morefully described hereinafter,

As illustrated in Fig. 4, I have shown a weave more or less well knownfor producing a diamond-shaped design. In thatc-ase, the strings 17 arecarried under `varying numbers of the warp -members and over thoseskilled in the-art.

Irwin be understood aaa bead-S Ofi vvarious colors and `ofvaryingdegreesof-trans- 'lucen/cy Yor opaqueness may be alternated in any-'desired manner on any lparticular "string, andthat different stringsarranged 4across different rows of the warp members may have differentcolors, if desired,rto `accentuate the coloriz'ation' ofthe' resultingbody, fand that the `warp members may alsovrbemadeinvariegatedicolers`as desired. I1-

jluminated 'means suchas an electric lamp,

`when placed -in proximity to or behind the bod7 thus produced causesthe; lightto be broken up by 'the yfacets :of they beads, givingvariegated lighting effect; It illuminating means ils placed; behind'the body, spart lof thel light passes "through Ythe Aopenigng'sbetween' the' rows of beads andenhances Athe effect.

I After ithe vbodyfihas beenV vweven inthe Ymanner-- above described,Yit maybe glue Asized forfmaintainlngthe "stiffness, of the strungbeads; and preventing possible distortionl of the body,particularly,fwhere the Hwarp"nieinbers consist Yof'strings of beads.

It v"will be understood 'that any j suitable Ina-- ite-rial maybeused-for theasifzing instead oit glue, such as for instance, varnish,shellac and the like, though I prefer to use a material which becomesquite hard on drying, and which is transparent. A

Articles made of myl improved woven body may be dropped with impunityand are not Vlikely to break or become distorted.

Such articles present a pleasing appearance byfreason of the reflectionof light therefroimthe varied light and shade effectsthus,pro.duced,.andthe various colors in numerus designs'whi'chareobtainable from VIt will be seenV that ,myl improved woven body may beapplied to a great variety of different articles which need not bespecilically mentioned excepting to say that such a body. is applicableto all articles 'which may be woven of reed or cane.

VIt will be understood that while .I haveV shown and described specificembodiments of my invention, I do not intend -to limit myself thereto,but that I intend to claim my invention as broadly. as ymay' bepermitted bythe state of the prior art -termsotl the appended. claims."z,

.Iclaim-r l. 1. A shaped wovenV bod ytor use in decorative articlesincluding s aped warp members, and weft members of' strung beads wovenin and y,out directly across said vwarp members,.andthereb bent intowaveform, and transparent sizing for saidfmembers whereby the strings ofbeads lare maintained y substantially in the shape -into which .they yare woven. Ycertain warp members, asfwill be vclear to 2.A i wovenbeaded body, self-braced against .substantial distortion, comprisingstrings of beads constituting the weft memstr-ings lyingi thereagainstandthe strings crossing on oppositesides of spaced warp .members atsubstantially? right angles.`

In a woven body., se1f-sustainedagainst 'substantial distortionin anydirection, a plurality `of stringsofrbeads, each including a Stringing'member adapted to f resist tension,

'and beads 'strungon said Stringing memberJ and in Contact -`withyadiacent beads ofthe ',string, Ywarp'k members, in' Acontact with,Alying between, and partly Vcovered said lstrings ot beads,andtransp'arent sizing material for stifening Ysaid ,strings off beadsand forA maintainngfusaid 1the shape into whiclrthey are'wo'ven.Y

4. A woven' bodycomprising Ja Vof: strings Vofbe'ads, each ofgsaid,strings in- .cluding1 a stringingmember and Ycontacting beads ofpredetermined colors woven onA said -stringing member to produoeapredetermined color effect and design, and means directly across which:said stringsarerwoven andthe llO the body against distortion, certainof the beads crossing and covering the front faces of the spacedmembers, and certain other beads crossing and covering the rear faces ofsaid members.

6. A self-braced woven body of two sets of interwoven members, at leastone set of said members comprising substantially parallel strings ofbeads woven directly across, in and out, and arranged with the beadsthereof partly covering the other set and in Contact therewith.

7. A woven body, self-maintained against( substantial distortion,comprising spaced warp members, and weft members consisting of stringsof beads of predetermined colors woven across, in front of, and behindsaid warp members and partly covering said warp members toy presentsubstantially theV same appearance at the front and back of the body.

8. A woven body, self-maintained against substantial distortion,comprising strings of beads of different colors and substantiallyparallel and comparativelyl closely spaced warp members behind and infront of which said strings are woven for maintaining the shape of saidarticle, said warp members being arranged at substantially right anglesto said strings and the beads lying against and substantially coveringsaid warp members.

9. In a foundationless beaded body, a series of cylindrical woodenmembers spaced apart and in substantially parallel relation, and aplurality of strings of beads arranged at substantially right angles toand lying on said members and interwoven in and out between, and incontact therewith, said members and said strings constituting the onlyelements in said body, and each of said strings of beads comprising aseries of beads arranged in close contact and a wire passing through andcompletely concealed by the beads.

SAUL FEILER.

